Chapter 92: Told You You Couldn’t Come Up!

Chapter 92: Chapter 92: Told You You Couldn’t Come Up!

Dao Yi Mountain was majestically tall and vast. For an ordinary Daoist on the mountain without martial arts, traversing from the front mountain to the back mountain could take half a day.

WHOOSH.

Chen Sha’s figure resembled a streak of golden lightning as he sprinted through the forest.

WOOOOSH.

His surging Great Yellow Court True Qi was burned entirely to hasten his journey, without the slightest fear of waste or thought of conservation. Thus, in less than half a cup of tea’s time, he had arrived at Mirror Lake on the back mountain from the front mountain.

From afar, he saw saber light crisscrossing outside that small courtyard. Several Grandmaster Level experts had joined forces to deal with his Little Martial Uncle alone. He immediately shifted his stance and rapidly closed the distance. Throwing a punch, he struck the First-Grade Hall’s Grandmaster expert known as Blood Butcher. ℯ

Meanwhile, beneath the deep well in the courtyard of the thatched cottage.

CRACK!

Yan Kai unleashed his full strength in a sword strike, severing a chain. However, the moment he severed the chain, he was struck by a rebounding force from the Innate Qi Mechanism attached to it, which resonated with the natural order of heaven and earth. The impact slammed him against the well’s wall.

Seeing a chain broken, Ancient Transformation Dragon couldn’t help but feel pleasantly surprised. "Kid, the quality of that sword in your hand really isn’t bad! Originally, these chains were forged by Chen Canxuan using Overseas Cold Iron Elite. Plus, he used some unknown method to connect these chains to the heaven and earth’s Qi mechanism. As a result, each chain is imbued with a strand of Innate Qi Mechanism, which is why they could trap me for so long."

If an ordinary blade or sword were used to strike them, not only would the weapon snap, but if the attacker’s power wasn’t profound enough, they might be rebounded to death on the spot. Fortunately, Yan Kai perfectly met both requirements.

For the first time in thirty years, Ancient Transformation Dragon saw the hope of escape. He immediately urged, "Quick, continue severing the remaining chains! As long as you can cut half of them, I will be able to break free and snap the rest myself."

Hearing this, Yan Kai reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes showing even more anticipation. He gathered his full power, leaped into the air, and continued hacking away.

CLANG CLANG CLANG!

He was sent flying by the rebounding force five consecutive times, accompanied by the sound of chains breaking five times.

Down in the well.

Ancient Transformation Dragon felt the binding pressure on his body lessening and suddenly let out a roaring burst of laughter. "Snap for me!!"

He spread his arms and swung them together. His terrifying three hundred years of Innate Power, as vast as an ocean, crashed directly into the remaining chains on his body.

CLANG CLANG CLANG...

The final chains binding him all snapped in response. The entire underground dungeon at the bottom of the well began to shake wildly!

Meanwhile, Yan Kai, who had retreated to a short distance away, had eyes filled with endless shock and adoration. Was this Ancient Transformation Dragon, the Emperor of Great Yuan who once ranked ninth in the world?! Despite being locked in the well for thirty years, his power was still so world-shocking, seemingly even more profound than in the past.

After Ancient Transformation Dragon broke free from the chains covering his body, he actually floated in midair.

The Flying Realm!

Only someone with three hundred years of power like him could rely on the majestic Qi Power within his body to hover in the air. His head of white hair fluttered in the air currents. Then, he looked at Yan Kai with a smile in his eyes. "Junior, you said some Hall Master Gu Qing sent you to rescue me? Who is he? Why does he want to save me?"

Yan Kai saluted with his sword in hand. "Reporting to you, Senior. Our Young Master Qing is your only remaining Royal Family bloodline in this world. Back when you were taken from the Primordial Palace by Chen Canxuan, you hadn’t yet named a Crown Prince, so the officials had no choice but to push Prince Ancient City to succeed the throne. However, Gu Xuanong seized this opportunity to start a rebellion. Using the excuse that corrupt factions in the court were ruining the country and that the nation needed ’Jingnan’, he launched an uprising from the northwest. It took him only four months to capture the capital.

"After capturing the capital, he secretly executed the new emperor, Ancient City, and slaughtered a large number of the Royal Family bloodline. Only our Young Master Qing was lucky enough to survive. Today, he is thirty-four years old and has founded the First-Grade Hall in the Martial Arts world."

Ancient Transformation Dragon slowly landed in front of Yan Kai, pondering as he spoke. "Gu Xuanong, I remember him. Thirty years ago, he was conferred the title of King Qin... And his King Qin title wasn’t of the same lineage as my branch; he was just a Prince whose title had been passed down eternally since a thousand years ago... I didn’t expect him to actually dare to rebel."

Yan Kai cupped his hands, about to state Young Master Qing’s purpose in rescuing his grandfather. But then he saw Ancient Transformation Dragon looking at him with a dangerous glint in his eyes.

He subconsciously felt that something was very wrong.

Ancient Transformation Dragon stepped closer and closer. "Since you say you are the subordinate of my only biological grandson in this world, then offering up your power to me as a sign of filial respect shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

Yan Kai’s mind went blank with a buzzing sound. He first looked at Ancient Transformation Dragon in absolute horror, then backed away in disbelief, instinctively trying to flee.

"No, Senior, I saved you... How could you..."

With a grasping motion of Ancient Transformation Dragon’s palm, the Grandmaster Peak Yan Kai was caught in his grip without any power to resist.

BOOM!

After being grabbed by Ancient Transformation Dragon, Yan Kai immediately felt all the power in his body flow outwards like an uncontrollable river breaking its banks.

"You, you... I saved you! How could you do this?!" Yan Kai roared in despair. "You can’t do this! I saved you! How can you bite the hand that feeds you?!"

His cultivation had not come easy; how could his power be absorbed by Ancient Transformation Dragon? But all he met was Ancient Transformation Dragon’s greedy, beast-like gaze. Obviously, the other party wasn’t listening to his roars at all.

Yan Kai broke down!

He finally realized with hindsight why Chen Canxuan had locked this lunatic here! Back then, this lunatic had absorbed the power of all the experts in the Imperial Palace, not even sparing the power of his own martial arts-practicing children. Later, he even designed a trap to lure numerous Yuan Country Grandmasters to the capital, draining their power one by one. It reached the point where the entire Jianghu could no longer stand it, which ultimately led Chen Canxuan to come down the mountain to suppress him.

And one of the important reasons why Gu Xuanong had been able to easily invade the Imperial City was because Ancient Transformation Dragon had drained the power of the experts within it. With the experts withered away, the Imperial City completely lacked the capability to protect the new monarch!

"No! My power!"

Yan Kai roared unwillingly. He didn’t expect that even after thirty years, Ancient Transformation Dragon was still the same "Mad Emperor" from back then. He hadn’t changed at all! Or perhaps, Young Master Qing knew this all along? And still sent him to be a lamb delivered into the tiger’s mouth?

The terror of the Qi Stealing Technique executed by Ancient Transformation Dragon, who possessed three hundred years of power, meant that draining Yan Kai’s power took merely two or three breaths...

WHOOSH.

Having his power drained, wrinkles appeared at the corners of Yan Kai’s eyes, and his hair began to turn gray. True Qi Power was refined from Essence Qi. Having his power drained was equivalent to having his Life Essence Qi sucked away from his body. His body went limp and weak, directly collapsing in front of Ancient Transformation Dragon.

After draining Yan Kai’s power, Ancient Transformation Dragon felt the Qi Power within his body advance another fraction. He only needed a little refinement later to gain an additional four or five years of Innate Power. He watched as his originally dry, messy hair became soft, smooth, and black again under the nourishment of Yan Kai’s power. His hands, which had been locked up for thirty years, also regained their smooth and tender appearance.

"I haven’t experienced this wonderful feeling of rapidly increasing power in thirty years." Ancient Transformation Dragon muttered to himself, "Chen Canxuan, if you hadn’t been so nosy back then, I would have just absorbed them one by one and eventually become number one in the world! Therefore, you delayed me for a full thirty years!!"

Three hundred years of power made him ninth in the world. If he had a thousand years of power in his body, how would becoming number one in the world be an issue?!

Thus, he walked to the spot where the light from the well’s opening shone down. Looking up, he thought of how Chen Canxuan—the man he feared most—was already dead. From now on, no one in the world could lock him up anymore.

He couldn’t help but fly upward toward the well’s opening, letting out a resounding, agitated roar. "Chen Canxuan, so what if you locked me up for thirty years? I still made it out today anyway!!"

The terrifying voice traveled up from the bottom of the well and echoed into the small courtyard outside. It reverberated through the sky, spreading to the mountain forests over a dozen miles away, where it could be clearly heard!

"I will drain the power of everyone on your Dao Yi Mountain and bathe your Sect in blood!!"

However, just as he grew infinitely close to the well’s opening, he suddenly saw a familiar figure already standing there. Raising a fist high, the figure smashed it down heavily toward him.

"Roll right back down!!"

A pristine white fist descended from the sky. Carrying a tyrannical Power that caused the air to explode like thunder, it abruptly struck the upper half of Ancient Transformation Dragon’s body, which had just poked out.

"ROAR!!"

Even though Ancient Transformation Dragon’s reaction speed had reached the absolute peak, instantly erecting a powerful Protective True Qi, he still couldn’t escape the fate of being smashed by this punch.

BANG!!!

Under the force of a single punch.

WHOOSH!

Ancient Transformation Dragon’s body plummeted back down the well like a meteor. Expanding the depth of the hundred-meter-deep well even further, he crashed into the ground, smashing out a ten-foot-deep crater!

A muffled rumble echoed from beneath the earth.

"ROAR!!"

It took Ancient Transformation Dragon only half a breath’s time to swiftly shoot out of the deep crater. Staring up at the well’s opening, he let out a low growl. He roared repeatedly, "Chen Sha, you are truly courting death!!!"

In the courtyard, standing guard by the well like a Celestial God, was none other than the Sect Leader, Chen Sha. He possessed a youthful face and wore a loose, flowing Daoist Robe.

Not far from him, the two First-Grade Hall Grandmasters, Blood Butcher and Lü Shan, both had their chests punched through and were lying dead in the small courtyard.

In the distance, Zhou Santong had already completely suppressed Xie Tangyan. Covered in blood, this Legendary Swordsman—capable of battling a Great Innate—had begun to burn his own life to unleash the Life-Swapping Blade Skill. Yet, after all, he was facing Zhou Santong, a man comparable to the top ten experts in the world. Even if he had the strength to fight a Great Innate, it didn’t mean he could fight a Great Innate who ranked among the world’s top ten.

As it turned out, the moment Chen Sha arrived at the courtyard, he had immediately taken action to eliminate the two Grandmasters present. Then, he heard his Little Martial Uncle mention that someone from the First-Grade Hall had gone down to the bottom of the well.

He was originally going to go down the well right away, but right after, he heard a ghost-like howl from Ancient Transformation Dragon at the bottom. Immediately following that, he felt the old bastard’s aura surging upward at breakneck speed.

How could Chen Sha let him come up so easily? He immediately stepped to the side of the well and threw a punch at Ancient Transformation Dragon just as he poked his head out, knocking him right back into the deep well!

Listening to Ancient Transformation Dragon’s roars from the bottom of the well at this moment, he couldn’t help but reveal a faint smile. "Do you remember what I told you not long ago? Next time we met, even if I let you go and allowed you to fight me, you still wouldn’t be my opponent. Yet you still want to come out?!"

"Bullshit!"

Now that Ancient Transformation Dragon had escaped, he no longer suffered the suppression of the True Qi Cage. Combined with having just swallowed the power of a Grandmaster Peak, his mentality had become immensely inflated and confident. With a loud roar, he charged toward the well’s opening once again.

Just now, he hadn’t expected Chen Sha to be waiting right outside. Thus, he had taken a punch completely off guard. Now, shooting out again like a cannonball from below, he unleashed a terrifying ultimate move from the Qi Stealing Technique. Spreading his five fingers like a Dragon Claw, he reached for Chen Sha at the well’s opening!

This time, he erupted with the full power of his entire body!

But what greeted him was still Chen Sha’s condescending fist. Raising his arm, Chen Sha smashed down fiercely, capitalizing on his high-ground advantage!

BANG!

The palm and claw clashed at the mouth of the well. The well’s enclosure instantly exploded, sending dirt and stone debris flying in all directions.

Chen Sha’s body trembled. He was on the verge of being blown frantically backward by the impact of Ancient Transformation Dragon’s three hundred years of power. But after all, his feet were firmly planted on the ground. With a simple stomp, he transferred the terrifying Power into the earth. For dozens of feet around him, the ground quaked and the mountains shook. Stomping a dreadful fissure into the very spot where he stood, he fully neutralized the Power.

But Ancient Transformation Dragon suffered immensely.

He had attacked from the bottom of the well toward the opening. When their powers collided and their palm and claw met, he took Chen Sha’s punch in midair without any footing to brace himself. Therefore, the rebounding force from their clash blasted him right back down to the bottom of the well once again.

"I said you can’t come up, so you can’t come up!"

Chen Sha guarded the well’s opening like a Divine Spirit guarding the gates of Hell, refusing to let the monster known as Ancient Transformation Dragon crawl up from below.